Package com.nimbusds.jose.crypto.utils

Class ECChecks

java.lang.Object

com.nimbusds.jose.crypto.utils.ECChecks

public class ECChecks
extends Object

Elliptic curve checks.

Version:

2017-04-13

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	isPointOnCurve(BigInteger x, BigInteger y, ECParameterSpec ecParameterSpec)	Checks if the specified (ephemeral) public key is on the given curve.
static boolean	isPointOnCurve(ECPublicKey publicKey, ECPrivateKey privateKey)	Checks if the specified (ephemeral) public key is on the curve of the private key.
static boolean	isPointOnCurve(ECPublicKey publicKey, ECParameterSpec ecParameterSpec)	Checks if the specified (ephemeral) public key is on the given curve.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

isPointOnCurve

public static boolean isPointOnCurve(ECPublicKey publicKey,
 ECPrivateKey privateKey)

Checks if the specified (ephemeral) public key is on the curve of the private key. Intended to prevent an "Invalid Curve Attack", independent from any JCA provider checks (the SUN provider in Java 1.8.0_51+ and BouncyCastle have them, other / older provider do not).

See https://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/CryptographySecurity/RWC/2017/nguyen.quan.pdf

Parameters:

publicKey - The public EC key. Must not be null.

privateKey - The private EC key. Must not be null.

Returns:

true if public key passed the curve check.

isPointOnCurve

public static boolean isPointOnCurve(ECPublicKey publicKey,
 ECParameterSpec ecParameterSpec)

Checks if the specified (ephemeral) public key is on the given curve. Intended to prevent an "Invalid Curve Attack", independent from any JCA provider checks (the SUN provider in Java 1.8.0_51+ and BouncyCastle have them, other / older provider do not).

See https://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/CryptographySecurity/RWC/2017/nguyen.quan.pdf

Parameters:

publicKey - The public EC key. Must not be null.

ecParameterSpec - The EC spec. Must not be null.

Returns:

true if public key passed the curve check.

isPointOnCurve

public static boolean isPointOnCurve(BigInteger x,
 BigInteger y,
 ECParameterSpec ecParameterSpec)

Checks if the specified (ephemeral) public key is on the given curve. Intended to prevent an "Invalid Curve Attack", independent from any JCA provider checks (the SUN provider in Java 1.8.0_51+ and BouncyCastle have them, other / older provider do not).

See https://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/CryptographySecurity/RWC/2017/nguyen.quan.pdf

Parameters:

x - The public EC x coordinate. Must not be null.

y - The public EC y coordinate. Must not be null.

ecParameterSpec - The EC spec. Must not be null.

Returns:

true if public key passed the curve check.